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Coughlin wants back with Giants in 2014, says there's 'definitely unfinished business'

Tom Coughlin just endured his first losing season, going 7-9 and he is the oldest coach in the NFL. But that doesn't mean he has any intention of riding off into the sunset. "I do want to coach," Coughlin said succinctly.

NFL Week 17: Playoffs are set! Peyton's new record

Knicks must ring in some effort

The Knicks will not lose again in 2013, with three more days without a game before a three-game Texas swing starting Thursday in San Antonio.

Super Bowl XIII: The Sickest Man in America

Dallas Cowboys and future Hall of Fame tight end Jackie Smith may have made the most memorable drop in Super Bowl history, after pass clangs off his body and falls harmlessly to the ground. Score would have tied game. AP

The signature play of an epic Super Bowl is the one that wasn’t made. Jackie Smith caught nearly 500 passes in a 16-year career but the Hall of Fame tight end went down in history as he went down in the end zone and dropped a wide-open touchdown pass in the Dallas Cowboys’ 35-31 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Super Bowl XLVIII Countdown Blog: The latest news, polls, photos & more

The official countdown to Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium has begun! Get complete coverage of the Big Apple's Big Game from the Daily News' award-winning team of writers, bloggers and columnists.

SUPER BOWL XLVIII COUNTDOWN

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Emails reveal war of words between A-Rod, Yankee president

Randy Levine with Alex Rodriguez. Fenway Park celebrates 100th Birthday. Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees at Fenway Park. (Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News)

Months before Alex Rodriguez was hit with a 211-game doping suspension by Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Seligon on Aug. 5, a series of email exchanges between the embattled Yankee third basem...

Be Our Guest: A holiday cheer for Mets fans

Is there no end to the indignity of being a Mets fan? The only thing that is more embarrassing, evidently, is being a Mets player.

Football

Redskins drop the axe on Shanahan after 3-13 season

Black Monday got off to an early start with the Browns canning first-year coach Rob Chudzinski Sunday night, but there were another two casualties Monday morning. The Redskins and Vikings announced th...

Coughlin in, Gilbride possibly out for Giants in 2014

Basketball

Parker apologizes for using alleged Nazi salute

J.R. hints at 'betrayal' from Knicks amid reports team will cut brother

Hockey

Rangers' Staal set to return from concussion against Panthers

Rangers' power-play lights up Tampa for three goals in 4-3 win

At a critical juncture for Henrik Lundqvist's confidence, Rangers forwards Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider and Benoit Pouliot thundered a season-high three power-play goals past the Lightning Sunday ni...

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College

Former Giants QB Jesse Palmer saves ESPN's Chris Fowler with Heimlich manuever

ESPN’s Chris Fowler posts on his Twitter account that he needed broadcast partner Jesse Palmer to perform the Heimlich maneuver on him during halftime of the Pinstripe Bowl to avoid choking on a chick...

St. John's gets it together late to beat Columbia, 65-59

St. John's Red Storm forward Jakarr Sampson (14) 1st half, Columbia vs. St. John's Men's College Basketball at Barclays Center. Brookyn, NY. Saturday December 28, 2013. (Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News).

St. John’s must need the element of danger to bring out its best. The Red Storm faced Columbia in the final tune-up before its starts competition in the new Big East and didn’t play a stretch of truly...

I-Team

Emails reveal war of words between A-Rod, Yankee president

Bernie Kerik rips attorney Joe Tacopina in bar complaint

Long before spearheading Alex Rodriguez’s cutthroat campaign to beat a steroid rap, attorney Joe Tacopina stood on the Bronx courthouse steps beside another fallen New York star — ex-NYPD Commissioner...

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F1 icon Schumacher in coma after skiing accident

epa04003075 (FILE) A file picture dated 11 January 2000 shows German the Formula One Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher carving a turn while skiing at the Italian resort of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy. According to reports, Michael Schumacher on 29 December 2013 has suffered serious head injuries while skiing in Meribel, France. EPA/ERCOLE COLOMBO

Formula One icon Michael Schumacher is in a medically-induced coma after undergoing neurosurgery for a brain hemorrhage at a French hospital after a skiing accident in the French Alps.

Golden Gloves acception nominations for inaugural Hall of Fame class

Five-time NY Golden Gloves champion and olympic gold medalist Mark Breland trains boxers at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, New York March 25, 2009.

For the first time in its 87-year history, the Daily News Golden Gloves boxing tournament will announce a Hall of Fame class, and now, you can be a part of the history.

High School

Rubin: Former Rice star on right path at Manhattan after brother is slain

If you grow up hard in the Edenwald Houses in the Bronx, like Manhattan junior forward Emmy Andujar did, sometimes decisions and their consequences get magnified. Surrounded by gangs and drugs and so...

Former Bayside coach Semper fine at HS of Construction

Former Bayside HS coach Corey Semper is now at HS of Construction.

The days aren’t as long as they used to be for Cory Semper. The man who led Bayside’s boys basketball team to a Queens borough title last year and an appearance in the PSAL ‘AA’ city quarterfinals is...

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Dec 30th, 7:14PM

Jerry Bossert's Aqueduct analysis for Tuesday, December 31, 2013

1. Kate Is a Ten may have needed last off the bench when fourth against better; takes needed drop switching to Irad Ortiz, who won three on Sunday

Dec 30th, 7:09PM

Daily News staff Aqueduct selections for Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Dec 30th, 1:54PM

Dave Little's Parx analysis for Monday, December 30, 2013

1st M J Plus displayed big improvement when dropped to this level in last, logical start to the Double. Strike Down is not a prolific winner (3-

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NFL Playoffs set: Chargers, Packers, Eagles all in!

Finally back from a collarbone injury, Aaron Rodgers connected with Randall Cob (l.) for a 48-yard touchdown on fourth-and-8 with 38 seconds left to propel the Packers to the NFC North title. Cobb himself returned for the first time since suffering a broken leg in Week 6 and both of his catches went for touchdowns. Green Bay scored on a bizarre play in the second quarter where everyone stopped playing on a Rodgers fumble despite no whistle. Jarrett Boykin picked the ball up and took it into the end zone. Chicago finishes 8-8. – Justin Tasch

It took 17 weeks of football but the playoffs are finally set, with the Chargers grabbing the final spot in the AFC and the Packers and Eagles slipping into the NFC.

Giants end terrible season with win, but Eli hurt

The Giants put a positive spin on a negative season with a 20-6 win over the Redskins Sunday, but they couldn't protect their franchise QB again as Eli Manning leaves with an ankle injury.

Rex Ryan, Jets play spoilers against Dolphins

New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, left, talks to safety Ed Reed during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Miami was eliminated from the scramble for the AFC’s final wild-card berth Jets, who thrived in the role of spoilers against their archrivals and won 20-7.

Thirteen for '13: Our best back pages

Noon starts have not been kind to the Knickerbockers this season, so Mike Woodson wanted to make sure that his team was well-rested before its game against the Grizzlies on Dec. 21, having them all stay in a local hotel and instituting a curfew. It didn't work, though, as Carmelo Anthony & Co. were whipped by the Grizzlies, 95-87. It wasn't a bad dream, as the Knicks' nightmare season continued.

From Rex Ryan's tattoo to Mariano Rivera's farewell: The best Daily News back pages of 2013 ...

NFL cheerleaders spread holiday cheer in Week 16

Houston Texans cheerleaders perform during a timeout against the Denver Broncos in the second half of their game at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, USA, 22 December 2013.

It's the most wonderful time of the year ... to be a fan of NFL cheerleaders. See the sideline stunners of Week 16.

Christmas hoops takes over the Big Apple

It's Ho Ho Holiday Hoops in New York City this Christmas as both the Nets and the Knicks host matinees today. The Nets opened the NBA's holiday slate against the Bulls at Barclays Center and then the Knicks took the court against the Thunder at the Garden.

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Dec 30th, 6:08PM

Eli Manning still right man to lead the Giants

Twenty-seven ugly interceptions and one disappointing 7-9 season later, Eli Manning is still the man for the Giants. Manning wrapped up

Dec 30th, 7:21AM

Woody Johnson emails Jets season ticket holders: 'Rex has more passion than anyone I have ever met.'

MIAMI -- Shortly after Woody Johnson told Jets players in the winning locker room Sunday that Rex Ryan would be back next season, the owner

Dec 12th, 12:17PM

Yankees, NY Mets have done a lot this winter -- but both teams must now address shaky bullpens

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Yankees and Mets have spent the offseason adding one hitter after another, from Brian McCann to Curtis

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LUPICA

If Jets keep Rex, he must earn contract extension: The Jets can keep Rex Ryan if they want to, he did a very good job this season, even if that job is already being wildly over-praised and over-evaluated. But the idea that he is also entitled to a contract extension happens to be from outer space.

END ZONE

Dispirit of '66! Big Apple sports were a disaster 47 years ago: Manager Ralph Houk was cleaning out his office at Yankee Stadium. The ash trays he emptied weren’t from victory cigars. It was September of 1966 and he hadn’t been through a year like it since he survived the Battle of the Bulge with just a bullet to the calf.

RAISSMAN

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 09: Sportscasters John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman and Lee Mazzilli attend The Jorge Posada Foundation's Decade of Difference celebration on November 9, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Jorge Posada Foundation)

All signs point to Ma and Pa moving with Yanks: Well-embedded Yankees moles say Ma and Pa Pinstripe’s old contracts, negotiated with WCBS-AM, are still valid and have yet to expire. That’s why the response coming out of the Bronx, when anyone is asked about Waldman and Sterling, is: “They are still under contract.”

SUNDAY MORNING QB

Let the winter frenzy begin!: The Jets finished up at MetLife Stadium last week, the Giants are done Sunday and then the NFL moves in Thursday as preparations begin to get the building ready for Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2.

LEONARD

With Rangers struggling with injuries on blue line, Michael Del Zotto, often a healthy scratch earlier in the season, logged 24:37 in Friday night’s loss at Washington. Photo by Getty

Leonard: The Rangers have a Del Zotto dilemma: Michael Del Zotto has gone from a regular healthy scratch to being referred to as a member of the Rangers’ “top three” by coach Alain Vigneault on Friday night, and that’s a positive development for the club, for Del Zotto, and for the defenseman’s trade value.

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Can His Airness help stop the violence?: You’ve probably forgotten the name Michael Eugene Thomas. Thomas, a freshman at Maryland’s Meade Senior HS in Maryland in 1989, was found dead in May of that year, strangled by a so-called friend who left Thomas’ barefooted body in the woods after stealing his two-week old Air Jordans.